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(Newser) - President-elect Barack Obama addressed the country and the world for the first time tonight, vowing to unite a nation beset by trouble at home and abroad, the Chicago Tribune reports. "Change has come to America," Obama told a crowd of tens of thousands at Chicago's Grant Park and... More »

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 McCain Graciously Concedes 

Senator warmly congratulates Obama, calls for national unity

Nov 4, 08 11:55 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain ended his long fight for the presidency with a generous concession speech, warmly congratulating Barack Obama and hailing a historic moment for America. “I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president,” McCain told a crowd of supporters in... More »

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the presidential race

 OBAMA CLINCHES 
 HISTORIC VICTORY 

Early results likely to set tone

Nov 4, 08 11:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama won the crucial battleground states of Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to clinch victory over John McCain and secure his place in history, MSNBC reports. The 47-year-old Illinois senator will become the nation's first black president when he succeeds George W. Bush in January. Obama reached the 270... More »

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 Jubilant Obama Supporters 
 Swarm Grant Park 

Obama supporters collect in Chicago; McCain staff relaxed and confident

Nov 4, 08 8:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds of thousands of Barack Obama supporters have been collecting in Chicago's Grant Park, watching results come in on a Jumbotron screen while they await the candidate's rally tonight. The Lollapalooza-like atmosphere includes blankets spread out on the grass and vendors offering t-shirts and buttons, reports the Chicago Tribune. Obama... More »

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Exit Polling

State Polling Results You're Not Seeing on TV

Obama has most leads, but take these with a big chunk of salt

Nov 4, 08 7:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Huffington Post got its hands on the exit polling information shared with media outlets at 5pm but not reported by television networks. They show Barack Obama leading in most swing states, though the HuffPo cautions that the numbers are extremely unreliable; believe at your own risk. The list has Obama... More »

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OPINION

Campaign Buzzwords
We'll Be Happy to Discard

The pitbull with lipstick might've been a game-changer, but enough already

Nov 4, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - It's an inevitability of any election season: Some phrases will get bandied around so much that the hapless American, simply trying to do his civic duty by paying attention, will be crushed under the sheer weight of political verbiage. The Red Eye lists the worst offenders:
  • Change: As in,
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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Aide: 
 Mac 'Greatest 
 Closer of All Time' 

Davis predicts McCain surprise win

Nov 2, 08 1:41 PM CST
(Newser) - McCain campaign manager Rick Davis told Fox News Sunday that the Republicans will seize Pennsylvania and the Southwestern states for a come-from-behind finish on Tuesday, the Hill reports. “John McCain may be the greatest closer politician of all time,” he said. Other highlights from the talk shows:
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Festive Brits Blow Up
Palin Effigy

400-year-old tradition 'roasts' politicians

Nov 2, 08 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - It was all in good fun, insisted a group of Brits yesterday after they exploded an effigy of Sarah Palin, which was packed with firecrackers. The spectacular send-off was the climax of an annual bonfire celebration in the southern town of Battle, which traditionally blows up an effigy of someone... More »

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(Newser) - John McCain capped a busy day of campaigning with an appearance on Saturday Night Live, where he teamed with his VP-lookalike, Tina Fey, to poke fun at himself and Barack Obama. In the opening sketch, he and "Palin" hawked wares on QVC because he's a true maverick—"a... More »

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(Newser) - The campaigns would have you believe that lots of states are still in play, but only five really matter at this point, writes Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com. They are Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, and Ohio. Silver emphasizes that "by far the most likely scenario" is that Barack Obama... More »

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Palin: Media Threatening My First Amendment Rights

Because it won't let me attack Obama without criticizing me

Nov 1, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin seems to think the Constitution is supposed to protect her from criticism. On a conservative radio show, Palin said the media is unfairly attacking her for her shots at Obama on Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright, and that if the media “convinces enough voters that that is... More »

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OPINION

Mac's Tactics Time-Tested ... But This Ain't the Time

'Tinny and trivial' attacks are too small, and in any case too late, in momentous election

Oct 31, 08 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Any day now, John McCain will mock John Kerry for flip-flopping. Or maybe go with George H.W.’s “Read my lips, no new taxes,” pledge, even Eisenhower’s “I shall go to Korea.” What he won’t do is offer anything new, because all... More »

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(Newser) - John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin continues to hurt his chances of winning Tuesday's election, a poll from the New York Times and CBS shows. In the survey, 59% of voters said Palin is not qualified to be vice president, up 9 points in a month. About a third of... More »

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ENDORSEMENT

 Economist: Obama 
 Is Worth the Risk 

McCain was a great senator but a poor candidate

Oct 30, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain are both great contenders, the Economist writes, but “the Democratic candidate has clearly shown that he offers the better chance of restoring America’s self-confidence.” Given Obama’s inexperience and decidedly left-wing outlook, “voting for him is a risk. Yet it is... More »

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'B' Hoaxer Avoids Jail Sentence

McCain volunteer who lied about mugging agrees to counseling

Oct 30, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The woman who claimed a Barack Obama supporter carved a “B” into her cheek has agreed to probation and counseling and won't serve time, the AP reports. Ashley Todd was released from jail in Pittsburgh today, and her record will be scrubbed clean if she completes a psychiatric treatment... More »

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 23% of Texans Say 
 Obama Is Muslim 

Fraction under mistaken impression much greater than 5-10% nationally: poll

Oct 30, 08 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly a quarter of Texas voters still believe Barack Obama is a Muslim, the Houston Chronicle reports. Polling shows 23% of registered voters there buy internet-fueled rumors the Democrat is hiding his Islamic faith—compared to just 5-10% of voters nationwide. The same poll gives John McCain a comfortable lead... More »

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Palin Plans to Stick Around if GOP Loses

'I'm not doing
this for naught,'
says candidate

Oct 30, 08 4:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin thinks the American people will pick the GOP ticket on Tuesday but she's not planning to disappear from the national stage, win or lose. "I'm not doing this for naught," the candidate told an ABC interviewer. She vowed she wouldn't "give up and wave a... More »

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OPINION

 Best, Worst Financial 
 Decisions of Candidates 

Candidates have spent a bundle on campaign, but didn't always do it wisely

Oct 29, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The next president faces the daunting task of fixing a crippled economy—all the more reason to look at the candidates' best and worst financial decisions during the campaigns. Politico's Jeanne Cummings does the tally:
  • Obama's Best: His decision to hire Facebook's founder, whose interactive Internet fundraising included
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McCain Camp: LA Times Is Suppressing Obama Video

Paper accused of concealing candidate's links to Palestinian scholar

Oct 29, 08 3:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McCain campaign is accusing the Los Angeles Times of shirking its journalistic duty by sitting on a tape of Barack Obama speaking at a 2003 dinner in honor of a Palestinian-American scholar and activist. The Times—which wrote about the tape in an April article on Obama's ties to... More »

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Religious Right Plots Takeover of GOP

Moderates have
pushed party out of power, some argue

Oct 28, 08 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Social conservatives are wrangling with moderates for control of the GOP, plotting a January takeover of the Republican National Committee even if John McCain wins, the Los Angeles Times reports. Moderates like Colin Powell say the party has alienated voters—especially minorities—by narrowing its focus, but “moderating our... More »

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